Davao City -- Davao Doctors Hospital has received the most advanced Cath Lab system in the Philippines, the Siemens Axiom Artis Cath Lab System.

DDH Chairman Dr. Honorio Hilario, Sr. and DDH President Dr. Dominador Cabrera signed a contract with Siemens Senior VP Juan Miguel Tan and VP for Business Administration Ariel Lacson, to obtain the high-technology equipment.

This new equipment detects coronary artery disease more accurately, provides superb quality images at faster rates and greatly reduces radiation to the patient and the doctor. According to the Institute's specialists and consultants who are experts in this field, the new technology is most effective in benefiting the patients.
VP Tan, a national distributor of Siemens, said that DDH's new Cath Lab system is even better than what some of the country's leading health care institutions have. The new equipment will make the hospital's Heart Institute the most developed in the Mindanao region.

It may take some time before the hospital gets reimbursed for its P46M investment on the new equipment, but DDH chairman Dr. Hilario said it was a worthwhile investment. This makes the hospital more competitive and enables them to provide the community with a more acceptable service.

Over the years, DDH's Heart Institute has been supplying the Davao community and the region with a variety of diagnostic, interventional, surgical and rehabilitation services so patients do not have to go to premier hospitals in Manila or Cebu to acquire that needed care and treatment.

The Siemens Axiom Artis Cath Lab System will be installed soon in DDH's Heart Institute, further improving their present state of the art equipment and systems. The new system will make interventional and diagnostic procedures more efficient and will ensure the community with better health care for their heart patients.

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